Descendents of John Medlin II son of John Medlin and Ferby Whitley. John was a very wealthy man the 1859 tax
list shows him 1206 acres of land and by 1860 he owned 10,000 acres. He operated a grain mill on Richardson
Creek. He was a member of the High Hill Church. In 1847 he was involved in the death of a slave he was
charged with manslaughter along with Clem Curlee. Pleading an old English clergy law he was fined $3000.
Union County used the money to build a County Jail in Monroe. The Jail has since been named in the National
Register of Historic Places. He left NC after the Civil War and went to Carbondale Illinois (one story states with
a chest of gold) where he died in 1870.
* John Medlin b. 1790 d. Oct 1870 m. Unity DeBerry b. 1895
1 John DeBerry Medlin b. Jan 15 1819 d. Mar 9 1877 m. Mahala Richardson b. 1818
Delpha Medlin b. May 2 1842
Martha Margiana Medlin b. Nov 6 1843